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New York : Dementia cases are expected to rise by over 150 million by 2050, which is about three times more than in 2019, suggests a new study.The study, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, indicated that the number of people…

San Francisco : On his 80th birth anniversary on Saturday, Google has paid tribute to late physicist Stephen Hawking with a Doodle.The two and a half minute-long animated video includes narration in the physicist's own computer-generated…

San Francisco : In a significant ruling, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has said that Google violated five patents of high-tech speaker and audio technology company Sonos, relating to smart speakers.A US judge had ruled in…

San Francisco : Google and Facebook are facing a combined $235 million fine for cookie tracking in France, the media reported.According to a report in Politico citing a document, the French watchdog Commission Nationale de I'informatique et…

San Francisco : To bolster its response to ever-growing cyber-attacks, Google has acquired an Israel-based cybersecurity startup 'Siemplify' reportedly for $500 million. The startup will be integrated into Google Cloud Platform, especially…

Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her commitment to work for the people, despite the threat of "bullets and grenades"."I know many bullets, bombs, and grenades are waiting for me. I never care about those. I am…

Washington : Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for "repeated violations" of the micro-blogging site's Covid-19 misinformation policies."We…

San Francisco : Google has expanded the library of Stadia games by adding five Stadia Pro games for January 2022.Darksiders III, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Shantae: Risky's Revenge -…

New York : Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, says a new study.The study indicated that at the start of the decade in 2010, total cancer deaths numbered 8.29 million worldwide and new…

Washington/Moscow : In a year-end phone call, US President Joe Biden urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine, while making it clear that Washington and its allies will "respond decisively" if Moscow…